Board Thread:Roleplay Forum - Major Events/@comment-25104896-20171127220151/@comment-25104896-20171203201607

"That was a joke!" Sasshi defended herself.

KISEKI and Melting eventually ended and the stage turned dark, except for the video that had been running on the smaller screens the whole time over - moments of Akarin in 0048. Starting from her debut with the other members of the 151st generation, KonoHi and BonStory to the first election, the shuffle and everything that had happened since then.

Several things were strange to the brunette that now stood on the stage in the dome that was only illuminated by the video, the penlights and the kirara. Sasshi claiming that Hikari-san was her oshimen has amused her a lot. The fact that her hair was shorter than it had been before was most irritating. She looked over the sea of penlights and smiled. Those moments where the best, she thought. It reminded her of SC0123 and the election, and the old feeling of happiness and excitment overcame her.

"Everyone, good evening!" She called out, and the audience roared. She adjusted her headset mic before looking at the scenery once again. It was incredible. "I... I don't really know where to start." She smiled when she heard the fans' cheers.

"When I joined 0048, I had just ... changed my mind about something, I had previously thought to be the worst thing in the universe. I suddenly was in a world that I had never seen and I believed that I'd never understand it. Never before had someone from Aleenstar taken this step, and looking back, I have to be grateful for my friends back then who blackmailed me and took me with them. Once we arrived on Akibastar, everything happened to quickly. To Say was released, and soon afterwards, KonoHi. Less than a month later, BonStory and the election. Back then, I had stopped thinking like someone from Aleenstar. I had embraced the chance to aim for something higher; the want to be the best. I.. I made it. It took me a while until I realised what not only I but everyone had managed to; the confused, lost girl from Aleenstar had become a member of AKB0048 who had won the election as trainee. Back then, it suddenly seemed to easy - being the best. My dream grew, and it has never turned back. Over the time, I think that I grew as idol and as person. I have grate team mates, seniors, juniors and the best generation, you could wish for. I know that wheever I am, 0048 will always be a place, I can call my home and my family. I... I still want to be the best. Not only myself, but with everyone. I want AKB0048 to be the best. I want our songs to be heard in every corner of the universe. To make that happen, the entertainment ban has to disappear, and we have to aim for it together - as individuals and as a group."

"... Pardon that little rant." She chuckled. "My name, Akari, was given to me by my parents with a simple reason - they liked it. Why spend much thought into something like a name? It didn't make much sense to them, and somehow, I am grateful that it doesn't have so much history. It makes taking up a new name easier. I am glad that I finally - after two years - can become a successor too. There is much that I have to learn, experience and do; I can't wait for this future to become present. From today on, I will be Hirate Yurina the 7th."

The intro of Silent Majority started to play.